A special tribute will be paid to Dumbarton woman Elspeth Reilly at Albion Rovers' home match this weekend.

The League Two leaders are using the visit of Montrose this Saturday to celebrate the the life of the club's unsung heroine.

The mum-of-two – wife of Rovers director Paul – regularly helped out behind the scenes at the club but tragically died last month aged just 51.

Elspeth had been diagnosed with cancer before Christmas and her funeral on Tuesday was attended by more than 400 mourners.

Now Rovers want to support the Beatson Cancer Charity, who have helped the Reilly family, with a yellow-themed fundraiser.

Fans are being asked to wear yellow and donate to a bucket collection while the players will wear yellow armbands and have the Beatson logo emblazoned on the back of their shirts.

There will also be a minute's applause before kick-off and Paul, who spent almost 20 years as a traffic policeman in Dumbarton, the last six as road patrol inspector, said: “Elspeth utterly adored this club – and the people in it.

“When I took over as secretary in the summer, she became an integral part of the club. She helped me a lot and I will miss her dreadfully. The whole club will.

“She would have wanted us to create something positive from a difficult situation. Elspeth would not want anyone to be down about what has happened.

“The Beatson have been phenomenal. I can't speak highly enough of them and the staff who work there are wonderful people.

“We will never forget the Beatson and the help they have given us. The club have been very supportive. I didn't have to ask. They have jumped right in and adopted them as their charity.

“Cancer is something that we can cure if the Beatson and other establishments like it get the right support. We can beat this.”

Rovers player/manager Darren Young added: “Elspeth was a massive part of our club and we're all sad to see how things have gone in the last few months.

“But this will be a celebration of her life. She couldn't have done any more to help me and the rest of the coaching staff.”